Joshua Huddy

Joshua Huddy (8 November 1735-12 April 1782) was commander of the Monmouth County militia of the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Huddy was born to a prosperous family in New Jersey's Salem County in 1735. In 1778 he moved to Colts Neck and married there, and in 1779 he became the leader of the Monmouth County Militia, loyal to the nascent United States during the American Revolutionary War. In August 1780 he was captured by Colonel Tye and his loyalist rebels after they set his house on fire, but escaped from their captivity when the boat carrying him to New York City capsized.

However, on 24 March 1782 William Franklin and an army of Loyalist troops took over the blockhouse at Toms River that Huddy defended, and he was captured. In revenge for the death of a Loyalist farmer, the Loyalists had Huddy hung in present-day Atlantic Highlands.